Monday, September 27, 2010

Bus time!

Look, the Poetry Bus is going to be a five o'clock on a Monday thing for me - I'm just not organised enough to be at the stop on a Sunday.

Okay, now that we've got that clear, here's this weeks challenge. Set by the talented Ms Rachel Fox we were asked to write about a childhood tv/book/comic character. I chose my beloved Mr Benn. And as if by magic the poem appeared...

Should Have Known, You Lived on Festive Road

Oh, Mr Benn!My favourite among men,when I was five years old.I thought you were delishDespite the fancy dress fetishAnd the fact that you wereprobably gay.

18 comments:

Mr Benn, gay? No! It never occured to me.First captain Pugwash, now this! My tattered life is in more tatters.I knew he was mean.He never , ever paid for anything.I just presumed he was from Cavan, despite the accent.

D'Oub! The apogee of the idiom. Or something.Anyway, subtext... not even Peter Goulding did subtext! And whilst that concerning Cap'n Pugwash is just urban legend (Master Mate, not Master Bates) the whiff of the San Francisco Bath House is strong in Mr Benn.Which one's your favourite? I like the dragon, but then the balloonist is very good, and the big game hunter, and oh, that one with the cowboys and indians playing hide and seek and...